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Table 4 The effects of parental illness: models with interaction terms in child characteristics

From: Health shocks and child time allocation decisions by households: evidence from Ethiopia

 

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A. Models with interaction terms in the child’s age

 Maternal illness

− 0.016 (0.067)

0.101 (0.172)

0.327** (0.072)

− 0.069 (0.208)

 Maternal illness × child age

− 0.009 (0.007)

− 0.010 (0.013)

− 0.003 (0.006)

− 0.010 (0.018)

 Paternal illness

− 0.001 (0.072)

0.204 (0.227)

0.111 (0.077)

0.945** (0.211)

 Paternal illness × child age

0.005 (0.008)

− 0.022 (0.017)

− 0.010 (0.007)

− 0.061** (0.018)

 Observations

4538

1908

4514

2334

B. Models with interaction terms in the child’s education level

 Maternal illness

− 0.081** (0.030)

− 0.055 (0.058)

0.297** (0.034)

− 0.179* (0.092)

 Maternal illness × child education

− 0.011 (0.010)

0.005 (0.010)

0.001 (0.009)

0.002 (0.028)

 Paternal illness

0.036 (0.032)

− 0.168* (0.081)

0.046 (0.034)

0.418** (0.090)

 Paternal illness × child education

0.008 (0.011)

0.018 (0.014)

− 0.019* (0.011)

− 0.071** (0.030)

 Observations

4538

1908

4514

2334

  1. Standard errors appear in parentheses. A double asterisk (**) beside a parameter indicates that it is significantly different from zero at the 1% level; a single asterisk (*) indicates significance at the 5% level. The parameters indicate the percentage change in the number of hours worked, on average, in the case of maternal or paternal illness